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Warbling Bird With Modest Plumes Comments

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A warbling bird
With modest plumes.
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Emmanuel George Cefai
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Daniel Brick 09 August 2018

Night/Water vs. Day/Land: I've said this before about your poetry: it is inspired by the dark wisdom of night. And also it deals with metamorphosis of things and people rather than fixed identities. Water, a solvent, is symbolic of metamorphosis. The humble bird who embodies this double vision reminds me of Wallace Stevens's prophetic bird in his last poem: THE BIRD'S FIRE-FANGLED FEATHERS DANGLE DOWN. His bird is garish whereas yours is humble, but both birds stand for the truth of POETRY.

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Emmanuel George Cefai

Emmanuel George Cefai

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